Chateau-Renault tourism and travel guide

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Visit Chateau-Renault: highlights and tourist information

Chateau-Renault is situated in the Indre-et-Loire department and Centre-Loire Valley region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Chateau-Renault in Centre-Loire Valley.

Popular places to visit nearby include Lavardin at 17 km and Chateau d'Amboise at 21 km.

Chateau-Renault, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Lavardin

Most Beautiful Village at 17 km (direction ), in the Loir-et-Cher department

With a river and ancient bridge below and an ancient castle above Lavardin, it...

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Chateau d'Amboise

Castle at 21 km (direction south-south-east)

The Chateau d'Amboise is a castle with impressive gardens and a lovely view across...

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Chateau de Clos Lucé at Amboise

Castle at 21 km (direction south-south-east)

The Chateau de Clos-Lucé was home to Leonardo da Vinci and you can visit...

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Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard

Castle at 21 km (direction south-south-east)

The Domaine Royal de Château Gaillard in Amboise is the first Renaissance manor house...

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Amboise

at 22 km (direction south-south-east)

Although it is the castle that attracts visitors to Amboise, you will also enjoy...

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Chateau de Chaumont

Castle at 24 km (direction east-south-east), in the Loir-et-Cher department

The small village of Chaumont-sur-Loire is dominated by the Chateau de Chaumont, one of...

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Vendome

at 25 km (direction north-east), in the Loir-et-Cher department

Now listed as a 'town of art and history', Vendome retains many monuments from...

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Tours Cathedral and La Psalette Cloisters

Cathedral at 27 km (direction south-west)

The la Psalette cloister and the cathedral of Tours together make a very impressive...

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Tours

at 28 km (direction south-west)

Tours is a large important town with numerous monuments, gardens and medieval buildings, and...

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Basilica of Saint-Martin in Tours

Church at 28 km (direction south-west)

The basilica Saint-Martin is an imposing neo-byzantine church in the town of Tours...

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Blois

at 31 km (direction east), in the Loir-et-Cher department

The town of Blois, with its castle, cathedral, extensive historic centre and other monuments...

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Chateau de Blois

Castle at 32 km (direction east), in the Loir-et-Cher department

One of the most impressive of the Loire castles, the Chateau de Blois is...

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Chateau de Chenonceau

Castle at 32 km (direction south-south-east)

The perfectly lovely Chateau-de-Chenonceau includes a renaissance gallery across the river and gardens designed...

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Chateau de Villandry

Castle at 41 km (direction west-south-west)

The rooms at Chateau de Villandry can be explored, but it is the world...

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Markets in and near Chateau-Renault

Market days in Chateau-Renault: weekly market: Tuesday & Saturday;

• Chateau-Renault: market Tuesday & Saturday (0km)
• Herbault: market Monday (17km)
• Montoire-sur-le-Loir: market Saturday (18km)
• Amboise: market Sunday & Friday (20km)
• Chambon-sur-Cisse: market Saturday (23km)
• Montlouis-sur-Loire: market Thursday (23km)
• Neuvy-le-Roi: market Friday (24km)
• Saint-Pierre-Des-Corps: market Wednesday & Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (27km)
• Saint-Ouen: market Wednesday (28km)
• Neuille-Pont-Pierre: market Tuesday (28km)

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Tourist attractions near Chateau-Renault, France

What to do at Chateau-Renault? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Chateau-Renault.

Aquarium

• Aquarium du Val-de-Loire (23km)

Most beautiful villages in France

(see also beautiful French villages)

• Lavardin (17km)

National Monuments

• Cloisters of la Psalette (28km)
• Fougeres-sur-Bievre Chateau (36km)
• Talcy Chateau (45km)
• Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau (50km)

Remarkable gardens

• Jardin du domaine de Sasnières (14km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Valmer (16km)
• Domaine régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire (24km)
• Jardins du château de Poncé (27km)
• Le jardin des Prébendes d'Oé (28km)
• Les jardins du prieuré de Saint-Cosme (29km)
• Roseraie des terrasses de l’évêché (31km)
• Parc et jardins du château de Chenonceau (32km)
• Parc du château de Beauregard (36km)
• Les jardins du château de Villandry (41km)
• Jardin du château de Talcy (45km)
• Les jardins de la Chatonnière (50km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Amboise (20km)
• Blois (31km)

Towns of Art and history

• Vendome (26km)
• Tours (28km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (28km)
• Cogners (36km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Réserve de Beaumarchais (10km)
• ZooParc de Beauval (51km)

Geography and distances

Chateau-Renault is in the eastern-center of France at 28 kilometres from Tours, the department capital (general information: Chateau-Renault is 176 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

Most visitors arrive in one of the cross-channel ports such as Caen and Le Havre (about 3-4 hours drive from here) or fly into Paris and drive south from there. For driving distances to Chateau-Renault from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 7 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Authon, Auzouer-en-Touraine, Crotelles, Le Boulay, Neuville-sur-Brenne, Saunay and Villedomer.

This page in French: Visiter Chateau-Renault